Confederate Civil War Documents ca. 1861-1864

ArchivalResource

Confederate Civil War Documents ca. 1861-1864

CSA Civil War era documents pertaining to various regiments and units of government, acquired from multiple sources.

0.3 linear feet; (1 oversize box and 1 map folder).

eng,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6652231

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Confederate States of America

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz25g7 (corporateBody)

During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...